Clicking a tab steals focus from the terminal #8286

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opened 2026-01-31 01:25:28 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @wasker on GitHub (May 19, 2020).

Environment

Windows build number: 10.0.18363.836
Windows Terminal version (if applicable): 0.11.1333.0

Any other software?

Steps to reproduce

  1. Start terminal
  2. Click left button on the tab, once

Expected behavior

Focus is still in the terminal, I can type and use it.

Try this with the browser (Chrome, Edge, Firefox): put cursor on the text field on some web page, then click the tab once - focus doesn't go away, you can keep typing.

Actual behavior

Focus went away (focus rectangle is NOT visible), typing doesn't work, pressing F7 in cmd results in the prompt to disable caret browsing.

This happens to me several times a day.

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claunia added the Resolution-Duplicate label 2026-01-31 01:25:28 +00:00
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Reference: starred/terminal#8286